Hi All, Just a quick note to confirm this is a Caithness weight. The cane does have a Maltese cross in it: it is one of a range of canes which Harry McKay and I designed in the early 1980s to use in all weights requiring millefiori canes. Originally as I remember we made around 22-23 basic "single pull " designs of which the Maltese cross was number 15. The canes were used for various weights right up to the end of the Perth factory. It was a Maltese cross as it is the easiest cross to form; all it required was Harry to use a basic 8 point star mould and then squeeze the star inbetween every second point of the star using his pricillas. This brought 4 of the inward facing points closer to the centre and forced the other 4 inward points back out to form the flatter outer edges of the cross. hope this helps.

I've just had a hunt in the gallery - and I can't find Allan's Neptune weight - it's Leni's, but it came from the Scottish Glass Society Exhibition in 2005 in Crieff - and I was there, so I saw it, and some others....

Thank you Sue and Wolf, I was entranced looking at those. :sun: I have just one Caithness paperweight my sister bought me when I started my Aromatherapy clinic as it was so like my logo......it is two pink and two purple 'hands' surrounding a large drop-shaped bubble.....I love it!

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Rosie.

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:sc:I know we're a little bit off-topic, but we simply can't have a response from Allan without showing his fabulous work. I found a load of teddy bear weights and a beautiful bunny rabbit one when trawling Scotland's Glass too....

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Cheers, Sue (M)

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